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Layla Fiske

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Award-winning author, Layla Fiske, was born in Detroit, Michigan and grew up in Southern California. The daughter and granddaughter of immigrants, she was raised with the rich culture, language and foods of the Middle East. A graduate of San Diego State University, she completed a career in the field of land use management while raising two children. Now the grandmother of three, she lives in San Diego with her husband.

THE FIG ORCHARD, named one of the Best Books of 2014 by Kirkus Reviews; winner of the Theodor S. Geisel "Best of the Best" Book Award; winner of the San Diego Book Awards Best Historical Fiction; and winner of the Benjamin Franklin Silver Award for Historical Fiction, is her first novel. ...more

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The Fig Orchard Named Best Book of 2014!!!!

A perfect way to end a wonderful year of accolades ~ The Fig Orchard was named one of the Best Books of 2014 by the very prestigious Kirkus Reviews!!!!

Needless to say, I am thrilled and honored to have my work recognized. Many thanks to the Indie editors of Kirkus Reviews for selecting The Fig Orchard as one of the Best Books of 2014.

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Published on December 15, 2014 17:31 • Tags: awards, best-books-of-2014, best-of, book-club, kirkus-reviews, middle-eastern-fiction, midwives, the-fig-orchard

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The Fig Orchard

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World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2)

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